Mobile terminal

Abstract

A mobile terminal includes a front housing made of a light-transmitting material and provided with edge parts, at least one of which is rounded or bent to be inclined which causes optical illusions so as to provide visual mystique. A display unit is provided under the front housing. A circuit substrate is provided under the display unit. A rear housing is provided to accommodate the display unit and the circuit substrate together with the front housing. A middle housing is provided between the front housing and the rear housing. The middle housing includes a receipt part to accommodate the display unit, and boundary parts connecting the receipt part and edge parts of the middle housing and disposed under the edge parts of the front housing. The edge part of the middle housing is protruded from the boundary part of the middle housing in a horizontal direction.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A mobile terminal comprising:
 a front housing made of a light-transmitting material and provided with edge parts, at least one of which is rounded or bent to be inclined; 
 a display unit provided under the front housing; 
 a circuit substrate provided under the display unit; 
 a rear housing to accommodate the display unit and the circuit substrate together with the front housing; and 
 a middle housing provided between the front housing and the rear housing, 
 wherein the middle housing includes a receipt part to accommodate the display unit, and boundary parts connecting the receipt part and edge parts of the middle housing and disposed under the edge parts of the front housing, and 
 wherein the edge part of the middle housing is protruded from the boundary part of the middle housing in a horizontal direction. 
 
     
     
       2. The mobile terminal according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least one edge part rounded or bent to be inclined is extended from a display region shielding an upper surface of the display unit in a direction toward the rear housing, and at least a pair of edge parts being parallel with each other out of the edge parts of the front housing is rounded or bent to be inclined. 
     
     
       3. The mobile terminal according to  claim 1 , wherein one side surface of the boundary part has a shape corresponding to the inner surface of the edge part of the front housing. 
     
     
       4. The mobile terminal according to  claim 3 , wherein the boundary part located under the inner surface of the edge part of the front housing is provided with an inwardly inclined surface. 
     
     
       5. The mobile terminal according to  claim 1 , wherein the edge part of the front housing and an edge part of the rear housing are extended to contact an upper surface and a lower surface of the edge part of the middle housing, respectively, and an outer surface of the mobile terminal is formed to have a curved surface through the front housing, the middle housing, and the rear housing. 
     
     
       6. The mobile terminal according to  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of LEDs is mounted on the boundary part or the edge part of the middle housing under the condition that the plurality of the LEDs is separated from each other in the lengthwise direction of the boundary part or the edge part of the middle housing. 
     
     
       7. The mobile terminal according to  claim 6 , further comprising an LED circuit substrate, on which the plurality of the LEDs is mounted,
 wherein the LED circuit substrate is mounted on the boundary part or the edge part of the middle housing. 
 
     
     
       8. The mobile terminal according to  claim 7 , wherein the LED circuit substrate is embedded in the boundary part or the edge part of the middle housing. 
     
     
       9. The mobile terminal according to  claim 6 , wherein a diffusion member to diffuse light is provided on upper surfaces of the plurality of the LEDs. 
     
     
       10. The mobile terminal according to  claim 7 , wherein the LED circuit substrate includes a plurality of touch sensors or proximity sensors. 
     
     
       11. The mobile terminal according to  claim 10 , wherein the LED circuit substrate is divided into a plurality of touch regions in which the touch sensors or the proximity sensors are respectively mounted, and at least one LED is mounted in each touch region. 
     
     
       12. The mobile terminal according to  claim 11 , wherein a touch signal or a proximity signal sensed by the touch sensor or the proximity sensor provided in a specific touch region out of the touch regions is used as a control signal of the LED mounted in the specific touch region. 
     
     
       13. The mobile terminal according to  claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the edge parts of the front housing is a curved surface, and an inner surface of the edge parts of the front housing is a flat surface. 
     
     
       14. The mobile terminal according  claim 1 , wherein the rear housing is made of a light-transmitting material and is provided with edge parts, at least one of which is rounded or bent to be inclined. 
     
     
       15. A mobile terminal comprising:
 a front housing made of a light-transmitting material, and provided with edge parts, at least one of which is rounded or bent to be inclined, and a plurality of openings including at least a first opening and a second opening; 
 a display unit mounted in the first opening of the front housing; 
 at least one user input unit mounted in the second opening of the front housing and enabling a plurality of user inputs; 
 a rear housing to accommodate the display unit and the circuit substrate together with the front housing; and 
 a middle housing provided between the front housing and the rear housing, 
 wherein the middle housing includes a receipt part to accommodate the display unit, and boundary parts connecting the receipt part and edge parts of the middle housing and disposed under the edge parts of the front housing, and 
 wherein the edge part of the middle housing is protruded from the boundary part of the middle housing in a horizontal direction. 
 
     
     
       16. The mobile terminal according to  claim 15 , wherein a window is mounted at at least one of the plurality of openings. 
     
     
       17. A mobile terminal comprising:
 a display unit; 
 at least one housing to accommodate the display unit; 
 at least one curved edge part, an outer surface of which is rounded, attached to a side surface of the at least one housing and made of a light-transmitting material; and 
 a middle housing provided in the housing, 
 wherein the middle housing includes a receipt part to accommodate the display unit, and boundary parts connecting the receipt part and edge parts of the middle housing and disposed under the edge parts of the front housing, and 
 wherein the edge part of the middle housing is protruded from the boundary part of the middle housing in a horizontal direction. 
 
     
     
       18. The mobile terminal according to  claim 17 , wherein an inner surface of the at least one curved edge part is a flat surface bent to be inclined.